Wii U
Final Wii U design will be shown at E3 2012, Nintendo taking steps to not follow in the 3DS’s footsteps
With this year’s financials out for Nintendo, it has been plain to see that the company is in a bit of a lull. Iwata has said so himself stating “As we learned a bitter lesson with the launch of the Nintendo 3DS, we are trying to take every possible measure so that the Wii U will have a successful launch.” Popular conjecture would say that this is because of a lack of quality titles on eith...
Team Ninja looking to push Wii U to it’s limits
The gaming world hasn’t heard much about Ninja Gaiden 3 on Wii U since E3 when Team Ninja said they would be bringing their action-adventure title to Nintendo’s new console. In speaking with VG247, Peter Garza of Tecmo Koei shed some light on the Wii U development and how they plan on making the Wii U version not just another port. “It is still there. It’s not being developed in ...
Based on research: Nintendo indie game fans are kind of screwed
I think this research done by Ron Carmel, co-creator of World of Goo, shows that Wii/DS/3DS/Wii-U owners are kind of screwed when it comes to future indie developer games on Nintendo platforms, especially if you look at this graph. Sure, his post is about developers migrating away from XBLA, but it goes on to show data that getting your game to market with Nintendo is extremely difficult (but st...
Bethesda: Skyrim on Wii U could happen
Although I write for a Nintendo fan site, that doesn’t stop me from being really excited about playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim when it releases later this year. What would make me even more excited? If the game were to come to Nintendo’s sixth generation console in all it’s tablety goodness. In speaking with the UK Official Nintendo Magazine, Bethesda Softworks Vice Pre...
Unconfirmed photo leak: Super Smash Bros. Universe coming to Wii U
An unverified photo surfaced on the Internet this week, suggesting that the previously announced and upcoming Super Smash Bros. Wii U game will be called Super Smash Bros. Universe and contain non-Nintendo characters. As you can see, the photographed document conforms to Nintendo’s usual fact sheets. As you can also see, it’s in Japanese. Chance the photo is legitimate? Given the circ...
The Nintendo games of tomorrow
It’s fair to say that the view we are currently afforded of Nintendo’s future products is rather lopsided. We know quite a bit about new hardware. The 3DS is already in our hands and the Wii U was unveiled months ago. We have been made aware of the consoles’ technical capabilities, know a good deal about their potential as well as their limits, and, as a result of this knowledge,...
Nintendo already thinking about an original on Zelda 3DS
The Legend of Zelda is one of Nintendo’s biggest franchises after Mario, and each of the games in the series have been given extra special attention because of it (if you don’t count the CD-i titles, because really, who does?). This means that when a new Zelda title is released, gamers pay extra special attention to it. Nintendo knows this. As such, series producer Eiji Aonuma has gone...
Is this the beginning of the end for Nintendo?
I’ve said for a while now that for all its success over the past five years Nintendo actually never had any idea what it was doing, but this latest Wii U rumor seals the deal beyond a reasonable doubt. Basically, the Wii U is shaping up to be as ill-defined and rushed as the 3DS. Its centerpiece, the single-point of contact non-HD touchscreen, allegedly isn’t working without a tether, ...
Dragon Quest X revealed as an online RPG – what do you think?
Looks like Dragon Quest X is going to be an online RPG, possibly needing a monthly fee. We had a lot of fans of the DS masterpiece Dragon Quest IX around here when that came out, but now I’m curious to see what you think of Dragon Quest X, coming to Wii and Wii-U. Is this what you want?
New trailer for Aliens: Colonial Marines brings the whimsy
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnncAy0sZpI [/youtube] Sega was one of the first companies on board the Wii U train when the console was formally announced this June saying that Aliens: Colonial Marines would be coming to Wii U. The Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the title will be arriving this spring, but seeing as how the Wii U has not definitive release date, all we Nintendo fans can do i...
If everyone asks nicely, Asura’s Wrath could come to Wii U
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEIIPI2hX5U [/youtube] Doesn’t the retro Capcom chime just feel, right? Asura’s Wrath, an upcoming game from CyberConnect2 and Capcom, was first shown at Tokyo Game show and announced as a new title for the Xbox 360 and Playstion 3. Now Capcom has gone on record saying they would be willing to bring the game to the Wii U console, if enough peopl...